Onboard audio has gotten decent over the past decade. Motherboard manufacturers have been quietly dropping better Realtek ...

Creative has just announced a new Sound Blaster in their premium line of audio cards: the AE-X. We were given the opportunity ...

Creative has updated its roster of PCIe sound cards for PC desktop DIYers. The new Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1, launched today, sits atop the Audigy add-in-card line. The new card’s design and ...

Motherboard audio is good enough for most people. When it is not, the obvious upgrade is usually an external DAC or headphone amplifier: Easy to connect, easy to reach and easy to carry over to the ...

The discrete sound card is dead, long live the discrete sound card! Wait, what? Here we are in the year 2026 and Creative is still pumping out discrete sound cards, the latest of which is a Sound ...

Creative Technology has introduced the Sound Blaster AE-X, a new PCIe sound card designed for desktop users seeking dedicated high-resolution audio hardware and enhanced headphone amplification ...

I’ve been using sound cards ever since my introduction to the Sound Blaster 16 way back in ’93. I couldn’t ever imagine gaming on a system without one. Even with onboard soundcards becoming the de ...

Games are more than just an interactive visual experience. The time and effort that developers spend in creating and incorporating immersive audio and soundtracks are not experienced to their fullest ...

What makes the Audigy FX Pro relevant is not any single feature, but the combination of them. It delivers a cleaner analog output path, modest amplification improvements, and a mature software ...